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1876–2024
Gilmer County, Georgia
Gilmer County·Georgia

Gilmer County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Georgia's most Republican-leaning mountain counties

18762024·38 elections
Gilmer County, Georgia · Thomsonmg2000 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+63
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
32,426
2024 ACS
Most similar
Loudon County
TN · similarity 1.00
13 precincts · 18,500 votes cast
Trump · R+63
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−62.5%
3,41314,97618,500
2020R
−63.5%
2,93213,42916,525
2016R
−66.3%
1,96510,47712,848
2012R
−63.0%
1,9588,92611,053
2008R
−52.0%
2,6148,40811,149
2004R
−48.9%
2,5107,41410,023
2000R
−36.8%
2,2304,9417,370
1996R
−10.3%
2,4643,1216,361
1992R
−5.9%
2,3112,6615,888
1988R
−41.9%
1,3633,3534,746
1984R
−41.3%
1,2342,9724,206
1980D
+1.7%
2,2462,1704,537
1976D
+32.9%
2,4991,2613,760
1972R
−56.1%
7682,7293,497
1968R
−34.4%
6902,0744,023
1964R
−0.2%
2,1592,1674,326
1960R
−11.4%
1,4721,8503,322
1956R
−18.6%
1,2751,8573,132
1952D
+1.3%
1,3591,3242,683
1948D
+2.8%
1,2751,2032,540
1944D
+5.4%
8847931,677
1940D
+13.9%
8656531,521
1936D
+3.7%
1,1281,0472,175
1932D
+32.5%
1,2106161,826
1928R
−31.3%
5291,0121,541
1924R
−8.1%
7769121,688
1920R
−9.6%
5466621,208
1916D
+31.0%
7422581,560
1912D
+66.4%
48852657
1908R
−17.9%
360519886
1904R
−5.7%
5506171,170
1900D
+0.9%
502493995
1896D
+16.8%
7065031,209
1892D
+10.3%
6024831,150
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
15.1%
Other Christian
7.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.7%
Methodist
4.3%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nestled in the Blue Ridge foothills northwest of Atlanta, Gilmer County has delivered some of Georgia's widest presidential margins, with Republican candidates consistently clearing 80% of the vote across recent cycles.

The Republican margin in Gilmer County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Gilmer County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,499, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 32,426 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Loudon County and Gordon County.